Epimerisations accompanying the reductive desulphurisation of some 5-S-alkyl-5-thiopentose dialkyl dithioacetals

1 January 1972

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1

p. 38-41
https://doi.org/10.1039/p19720000038

Abstract

Reductive desulphurisation of some 5-S-alkyl-5-thiopentose dialkyl dithioacetals with Raney nickel was found to be followed by epimerisation, mainly at C-2 and C-4, of the resultant 1,5-dideoxypentitols. An alternative synthetic route to the 1,5-dideoxypentitols is described.

Keywords

REDUCTIVE DESULPHURISATION
NICKEL
RANEY
THIOPENTOSE
DIALKYL
DIDEOXYPENTITOLS
DITHIOACETALS
EPIMERISATION

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